DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 02/26 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 12Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - 0654z - - 0955z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 26.5 - - 36.2 - - 42.4 - - 32.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 36 - - 217 - - 110 - - -25 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 398 - - 1545 - - 3098 - - 46 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 918 - - 1630 - - 2383 - - 918 Hcrit BL Top - - - 1287 - - 2434 - - 3987 - - 935 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1186 - - 649 - - 933 - - 577 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 101 - - 285 - - 286 - - 8 W* B/S - - - 5 - - 7 - - 4 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 4 - - 8 - - 14 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 148 - - 228 - - 258 - - 210 Direction Wind Shear - - - 1 - - 2 - - 7 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -1 - - -3 - - -5 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -2300 - - -2142 - - -295 - - -622 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 3587 - - 4576 - - 4282 - - 1557 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -10386 - - -7698 - - -3370 - - -6004 ODpotential blCL - - - 11673 - - 10132 - - 7357 - - 6939 blCL maxRH - - - 84 - - 74 - - 90 - - 80 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 26.5 - - 36.2 - - 42.4 - - 32.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 14.2 - - 19.4 - - 26.9 - - 29.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 26.3 - - 35.0 - - 41.9 - - 35.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 13.1 - - 18.2 - - 26.2 - - 28.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 36 - - 217 - - 110 - - -25 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 398 - - 1545 - - 3098 - - 46 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 34 - - 0 - - 60 - - 21 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 2 - - 2 - - 3 - - 3 EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 96810 25 072 18 086 20 089 17 092 96810 89601 27 082 15 113 12 074 19 067 89601 83984 14 061 13 068 12 128 6 021 83984 79293 2 131 1 124 3 345 7 054 79293 75219 4 350 2 246 5 263 5 303 75219 71596 17 301 11 318 9 304 11 303 71596 68311 20 295 13 280 18 270 15 307 68311 65278 18 286 12 296 12 265 16 295 65278 62434 18 289 28 292 25 291 22 294 62434 59661 19 275 30 267 34 276 32 294 59661 56782 36 302 23 270 33 273 40 289 56782 53810 45 299 35 292 34 269 46 276 53810 50971 51 293 40 288 34 288 42 278 50971 48409 54 285 50 293 50 290 46 284 48409 46116 55 283 62 287 51 288 48 288 46116 44041 54 283 60 280 52 292 50 293 44041 42158 48 281 56 282 58 291 60 296 42158 40437 43 288 61 282 62 294 69 290 40437 38842 56 296 62 285 73 289 73 285 38842 37350 69 291 74 287 82 280 76 283 37350 35955 76 284 82 285 84 276 79 283 35955 34622 80 284 80 288 83 280 77 284 34622 33284 81 286 84 295 88 285 79 284 33284 31910 82 291 94 293 97 285 82 283 31910 30503 88 292 98 290 99 280 84 284 30503 29046 91 291 102 288 97 278 85 284 29046 27524 89 292 102 290 96 279 84 284 27524 25933 82 291 99 291 94 281 80 284 25933 24268 80 288 91 294 87 284 79 286 24268 22537 79 290 87 294 80 285 73 283 22537 20745 70 294 83 293 71 285 61 283 20745 18884 55 290 70 290 66 298 54 286 18884 16945 51 284 53 288 60 297 49 291 16945 14968 48 286 45 279 46 289 45 293 14968 13061 47 289 44 284 40 285 39 290 13061 11328 38 293 37 292 38 291 37 291 11328 9789 26 294 30 294 31 297 34 297 9789 8420 22 288 21 298 24 296 31 295 8420 7199 25 287 16 282 18 288 28 291 7199 6113 23 286 16 264 19 275 27 290 6113 5151 19 290 14 265 24 281 28 282 5151 4305 15 298 15 278 20*272 28 273 4305 3557 11 310 15 276 17*262 29 264 3557 2889 5 327 12*262 16 259 25 255 2889 2300 6 170 8*230 15 258 21 245 2300 1811 8 162 8 228 14 258 17 231 1811 1437 7*153 8 227 13 257 14 223 1437 1180 4*148 7 227 13 257 12 221 1180 1024 4 148 7 228 12 257 10*217 1024 935 3 148 6 227 10 257 5*210 935 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography